#96CAEE#96CAEE

#96CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.074 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CAEE
RGB	rgb(150, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(205, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -8.14, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 24.54, 250.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0382 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.074 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1258, 54.8954, 88.8797)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CAEE #EEBA96

analogous

#96EEE6 #96CAEE #969EEE

triadic

#96CAEE #EE96CA #CAEE96

tetradic

#96CAEE #E696EE #EEBA96 #9EEE96

square

#96CAEE #E696EE #EEBA96 #9EEE96

split-complementary

#96CAEE #EE969E #EEE696

monochromatic

#2D95DD #61AFE5 #96CAEE #CBE5F7 #E5F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#96CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#96CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CAEE

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CAEE	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77D3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.074 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7daf3',
    500: '#96caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96caee;
$custom-light: #b7daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 72.131,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8154,
    "c": 0.07437,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CAEE

secondary

#CA8A5E

accent

#6111D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CAEE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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